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cc We will cling to the Pillars of dhe Temple of onr Zibceae, ad if8 must fal, we will Perish amd~ the. Rains."'
VOLUMIYE V1. &gE!1Xfia Couart uonSC2 S. C., arLKe 4~, 184. O .
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Fromthe South Carolinian.
THE EYE.
Unsullied mirror of the soul!
The heat's unerring talisman,
Whose deep mysterious control
Entrances all it turns upon!
Oh, what subduing beauties live,
Enam'ring in thy sparkling ray;
What (lark and unseen horrors thrill,
Conjur'd by thy terrific sway.
The eye, the eye. the bright, black eye;
Prs fGenius' :iob-e r;
-- -WiiWe tb IOulit537 unbiue , nrtiTh
lie,
Or fancy boasts its wide domain,
Augur of Passion, still, but true,
Blazing from soul to soul, to bear
The wild communicative glance.
Flashing afiection's strongest glare.
The eye, the eye. the light blue eye,
Beaming dissolving azure far,
Whose mellow lustre can outvie
The cloudless evening's richest star.
Beneath its tender, tear-bright gloss.
Gentle and holy feelitigs move;
It's glitter but the light to guide
The lover to the seat of Love.
Index of beauty! lured by thee,
Adoring captives bow and sigh;
And, spell hound, in thy glst'ning trace
The purtial fair one's soft reply.
Robbed of thy light, thy matchless light,
The smile would pall, its tints would fly,
Torn fron the achme of its chasms,
The vapid cestus withering (lie.
Meseems, there's "one" whoso pride is
not
The gorgeous tissue, tinsel bright;
The haughty damsel's fading hoast;
The flatter'd, giddy belle's delight.
What an utnearthly, vivid spell!
Onc tier cerulean. htquidl gaze,
WVound 'round my soul ! I felt it then,
Must ever feel its piercing rays
So, CA. COLLEGE, Feb. 5, 1841.
From the " Token," for 1835.
WHAT SHALL I BRING ThEE, MOTHlER?
"I require nothing of thee," said a mo
ther to her innocent son, when bidding him
farewell, but that you will bring back your
present count enance."-Laxtater.
" What shall I bring thee mother mine?
What shall I bring to thee?
Shall! bring the jewels,thtat burn andI shine
In the depths of the shadowy sea?
Shall I bring thee a garland a hero wears,
By the wondering world entwined.
Whose leaves can cover a thousand cares,
'And smile o'er a clouded mind!
Shall I bring thee deep and sacred stores
Of knowledge, the high anid free,
That thrills the heart on the hallowed
shores
Of clasic Italy?"
"What are jewels, my boy, to mc?
Thou art the gem .1 prize,
And the richest gem in that fearful sea,
Will be where the vessel flies.
The wreath the hero loves, is won
1v tbc life bood of thec brae'
And his brow must lose ere it wears the
crown
The smile that mercy gave.
Dearly earned is the volume's wealth
That opes to the lamp at night.
While the fairer ray of hope and health
Goes out by the sickly light.
Bring me that innocent brow, my boy;
Bring me that shadowless eye;
Bring me the tone of tender joy
That breathes in thy last -gooiT-by.'"
From the British Colonial Maga:ine Jan. 1941.
GEOGRAPHICAL ALLITERATION.
The Brewers should to Malt-a go;
The fools to rocks of Sicilly;
The Quakers to the Friend-ly Isles;
The Fur-riers, all to Chilli.
The litle squalling, bawling babes,
That nightly break our rest,
Should be ptucked off to Baby-Ion,
To Lap-land, or to Brest.
Cooks from Spithead should go toGreece,
And while the Miqer waits
His passage to the Guinea coast,
Spendthrifts are in the Straits.
Spinsters should to the Needles go;
Winebibbers to Burgundy;
Gourmands may luich at Sandwich Isles
Wags poke their fun at Fun-dy;
Musicians hasten to the Sound,
All Mendientait to Rome;
knd let the race of Hypocrites
At Cant-on fud their hone.
Lovers shonuld to the Cape Good Hope;
To sote Cape Horn is pain ;
Debtors should go to 0. 1. U. (Ohio,)
Our sailors to the Main:
3old Bachelors to the United States,
Maids to the Isle of Man.
he Gardeners should to Botany go,
And Shoeblacks to Japan.
[he Quarrelsome in Ire-land
Will find their proper level;
['he Printer. when he sets these lines,
t A typographical expression.
lisellaneons.
A MELTING STORY.
One winter evening, a enntitry store
eeper inl Vermn wats nhout closinig his
oors for the night, atil while staniding in
he snow outside puttintg up his window
hutters. he saw throtgh ilte glass a loung
ng worthless fellow within. grab a poutid
uf fresh butter from the shelf and hastily
:onceal it in his hat.
The act was no sooner detectred than
the revenge was li upon, and a very few
inoments Iltnttil the Green Monttain store
keeper at once inditlgin2 his appetite for
fun to the fuillest extetit, and p;yitg off
the thief witi a facetious sort of torture for
which lie might have gained a premium
from the o'd inqiniition.
" I sny Scib!" sail the store-keeper,
cominla in and clocing the door after hint.
elapping his hianlds, over his shoulders and
staliping lie snow ol his shoes.
Seth hadi his hand upon the door, his
hat upon li head and the roll of new but
er in his hat, anxious to make his exit as
sooni as possihle.
"I say Set b, sit downt; I reckont, now,
ot sneh n e-tar- nal ntight as hbis, a beetle
soethinig warm wvouln't hurt a fellow;
come aind sit down.
Seth hfet very itncertait: he had the
butter, atid was exceedintely anxious to be
off, hut the temp Itationi of-souething 'a arm'
sadly interfered with his resolution to go.
This hiesitutiotn, however, wats sooni settledl
by the right owner of the hatter tikinig
Seth by thte shoulders and phianting him
in a seat close to the stove where lie was
in such a itanner cornered in by harrelk
anid boxes, that while the counitry grocer
sat before him there was nio possibility of
his getting out, and tight in this very place
sure enough the store-keeper sat down.
"Seth wve'll hatve a little warmi Sanita
Cruz-,,' said the Green Mountin~ii grocer,
as he opened thie st've donor andI stuifed in
as many sticks as the space would adtiit.
" Withtout it you'd freeze going home such
a night as this-"
Seth already felt the butter settling down
closer to his hair an~d jumped up) declaring
he ritmst go.
"Not till you have something worm.
Seth; come, I've got a story to tell you,
too; sit (lown now ;" anid Seth was again
pushed into his sent by his cunning tor
mentor.
"Oh ! it's in darn'd hot here," said the
petty thief, again attempting to rise.
"Set down-tdont he in such a plaguy
hurry," retorted the grocer, pushing him
back in his chair.
"But i've got the cows to fodder, and
some wonod to split andI I must be going,"
contintued the persecuted chap.
" But you mtusttn't tear youre~elf away,
Seth, in this tmanner. Set down , let the
CoWs take care of themselves and keep
yourself cool, you appear to be fidgetty,
said the rognish grocer with a iiicked leer.
The next thing was the production of
t wo smoking glasses of hot rurn toddy, the
ve... sigb of i. Ih, in Sthi nennt rittt.
ation, would have made the hair stand
erect upon his head had it not been well
oiled and kept down by the butter.
"Seth, I'll give you a toast now and
you can butterit 3ourself," said the grocer,
yet with an air of such consumate simpli
city that poor Seth still believed himself
unsuspcted.-" Seth, here's-here's a
Christmas gonse-(it was about Christmas
time)-here's it Christmas goose well mast
ed and basted, eh? I tell you, Seth. it's
the greatest eating in creation.-A nd,Seth,
don't you never use hog's fat or common
cooking butter to baste with; fresh pound
butter, jui 'the same as you see on that
shelf yonder, is the only proper thing in
nature to baste a goose witb-take your
butter-I menn, Seth, take your toddy."
Poor Seth now began to smoke as well
as melt, nnd his mouth was as hermetri
cally sealed up as though he had been born
dubni. Streak after streak of the bulter
came pour'n2 from under his hat, and his
handkerchief was already soaked with the
greasy overflow. Talking away as if no
thing wns the mat ter, the arocer kept stuf
fing the wood into the stove. while poor
Seth sat holt upright, with his back against
the counter, and his knees touching the red
hot furnace before him.
" Darnaion cold night, this," said the
arocer. "Why, Seth, you seem to per
spire asif you was warm ! Why dotn'tyou
take your hat off? Here, let me put your
hat away!"
"No!" exclaimed poor Seth at last,
with a spasriodic efiort to get his tongue
loose, and clapping boh hands ipon his
hat. " No! I must go; let ne out; I ain't
well; le. me go!" A greasy cataract was
now pouring doun the poor fellows face
and neck, and soaking into his very bcots,
so that he was literally in a perfect bath
ofoil.
" Well, good night Seth," said the hu
morous Vermonter, " if you will go ;" ad
ding as Seth got out into the road, "neigh
bor, I reckon the fun I've had out of you
is % orth a ninepence, so I shan't charge
you for that pound of bufter !"
C[ E ERFULNESS.
The moral and physical advantages of
a cheerful state of mind, are filly appre
ciated prolably by but few. In the bright
sunlight of prosperity. when friends smile,
business flourilies and vigorous health
sentds tle warm blood leaping along our
veins, ihen i: is but floating on the smooth
ly gliding current to be cheewful-it re
quires no effort. But let friends prove.
lepart, andtl then the tman who mnninainms
a cheerful equanimity of spirit proves his
cherrfuhiess to be the result of settled prin
ciple and conscious rectitude.
A moping mnelancholy is alike incompa
ilde with interest and reuson. It drinks
tip tihe spirits and drives to wretchedness,
und even madness; it sours the temper.
and inparts its hattefi contagion through
the circle in which it moves ;it undermines
tle fliuindations of tiealth and life, and sends
prematurely to the grave.
And whatt zoodness is gained by a glon
my sadniess of spirit ? Has a friend prov
edi treacherous ? Vliy should you allow
his perfidy to destroy your peace? You
are in a better condition titan you were
lielore; for now yout are tindeceived, and
the rottentiess is uttiveiled which before
was hidden und therefore capable of inju
ry you.
is property lost? what of that? A man
lv frtiitdc and cheerful spirit will sustain
you, and either carry you up to your for
iner condition to render you happy, in your
present one. If you have acted honestly,
honorably, hold tip your head like a nman;
vot are worib as much as ever, and if you
'iet out mider trying cireutistances the
mnt and thle philosophier, your real worth
will lbe more clearly seen and more futlly
appre'ciated'a hy the wise and good when it
was mi proeenty. Away withi cowardly
mopinao2 and dispirited melancholy ; shame
on all meaiu thouuhts of' cords, and razors,
a ndil ulpoods. as a remedy for little, tri
al<. such its the loss of a fewv thousands,
whbich it were letter to lauigh at than to
mwone over'. Th'le wiirld owes the hotnest,
ind'u~triotus man a subisistence, and such a
matt's drafut it seldom dishnos.
linve you lost hieailh ? Despondency
wvill bitt make the flitier worse. It pre
disposes to disease even io the healthy,
aiud gives lood anid power to the disease ini
the itivalid Physiciants willit'll you that
ai checrful man is not half so liable to dis
ease as onei ofI opposite chiaraictor, and is
miuch moure easily cured wvheni disease dones
tatke hold of him. Cheerfulness of spirit,
whether ats a prev'entive of'disease or an
auxiliary to cure, is hetter thatn all the
nostrums anid pianaceas that can be sup
plied.
A man with a gootd conscience has no
right io be gloomy. Act well your part
then ; be firm, hc cheerful, and you will
lie heailiewr and happier, and live longer.
Louisvilte Messenger.
A bsence of Mind.:-Ahsence of mmi, we
admit, if patrdonable in any, is pardonable
only in mcin of genius. and for ordinary
men to affect it is more than ridiculous.
We heard an anecdote of absence of mind
the other eveing, which is so good tbat
we will give it:
A highly dislinguished clergyman and
a powerful preacher, a determtned snuf
taker, and great pedestrian, was remarka
ble for absence of mind. One Sabbath
morning, he had eight miles to walk be
fore commencing the services of the day,
and he started on his journey with a mind
wrapped up in lofty and spiritual contem
plations. In these abstractions, as usual,
he frequently. rerbars utnconscitusly. re
galed his olfactory nerves with copious
supplies from his large snuiT box, and sif
ter he had travelled seven miles, and was
approaching1 almost in view of the church
in which heopas to officiate, the wind be
gan to bloi' full in his face, and when
taking another pinch from his favorite box,
in order thatthe wind might not blow the
snuff in his'eyes, he turned his back upon
the wind, depositing in high enjoyment,
the titillerydnatter into its elevated situa
tion. But 't was a serious revolution to
him; for alais! he forgot he had turned
round, but proceeded onward over the
same groundi never discovering his mis
take till he came within a few rods of his
own house, the place from which he had, a
few hours before,started in orderto preach.
It was too lte for the worthy clergyman
to think ofr.racing his steps, and walk
ing the course again ; and the congrega
tion was allowed to remain wondering
what had happened to their absent minis
ter.-St Lopis Bul.
Better T s.-We copy the following
happy hit d rnmthe Richmond Enquirer,
that those go old Democrats, who have
been led of.4d deceived by a few ambi
tious demagrttes, may see the gross de
ceptions wbh were practised upon them
staring them in the Face. It is time for
them to be resuming their former position
in the Democatic ranks, that the impend
ing storm, which is brewing by the Fede
ral party, ufaf he averted.
-6Queries.1. What has become of I
Mr. Crittendeb's prediction, made in the I
western part eiVirginia, that the moment I
Geteral Harripion was elected, it would 4
add one hundr d millions to the value of I
the property idtihe United States?
-2. What lias become of a similar pro
diction of Mr. Preston ? 1
"3. Where ii the miahty 'change' which I
Mr. Webster tbretold, in all directions.?
Almost every body is complaining ofr
increased pressire-pinching poverty- I
nun'd, indeed thisf sanguine prophets ought I
to have foreseen that the election of Wm. f
[Ilnry Harrison ould not operate like ma- I
gic, upon theem Parrassinents of the banks
anl the people.. an he expect to pay my I
draft or yourst- 'as he to pay wh; teach
customer owes t the bank, and what the
banks owe eacih ther? Was he to furnish s
a new market for our productions; new
capital to condi -otA business of theconn
try; new fundsIt i-aije the wages of labor?
Was he to raistkhe value of the stock of I
Ihe-RaUlL b ' t.
C
When rt e ,1i med-spcielpnytnents,
wns he to supply them with additional re
sources in order to extend theiraccommo- I
datior.s, and supersede the necessity of
their calling in more than they gave out?
The General is not the great magician
which his friends represented him. This
immediate chance in the market proves to
be all a hnmhig; and the people begin to
wonder at the delusions which have been
practised upon them."
A Rogue enught in his oon Trap.-A
singular incident occurred during the loli
days on the oppoaite side of the river.
Two ladies, wIo resided in Illinois, came
to the city to make purchases A well
dressed mnn fodlowed them into several I
stores, nt one 0f which one ofthem got a
ten dollar hill changed receiving the change
in small bills. In the evening, onl their re
turtn home, when but a short distance from
the ferry in the prairie, the isaie man
they had seen in the city rode up to theti
and demanded their money. The one
who had the money drew it out, and in at
tempting to hlind it to him the wind caught
the hills and carried them off on to the
ground. T1he man dismounted to pick
them up, and as soon as he was downt the
ladies puLt whip to their horses and made
off as fast as pessible. Ott their way they Ii
heard thte clatterof a horse's hoofs f'ollowi- 1
itng themt, but were too tmuch terrified to
stop or look hack. When they reached
their own gate. behold the robber's horse
wias with thema, a fine animal, with an
eleganit saddle aind a pair ofl saddle-bags,
butt the man was nao w'here in sicht; thtey
suppose his horse escaped whilst ho was
picking tip the bills. Ott exatmitning the
saddle-amgs, a large stom of money wvas
found and several articles or wearing ap
parel, but nothing by n hich his nanme could
be discovered. Up to Saturday last, tno
one aptpeared to claim the horse or prop
erty.
'lhe above facts we have from a re
spec'table gentleman of tihe city, who as
sures tus that singular as the circumnstatices
may appear, they> are striCtly Correct.
St."Louis Republican.
COOL IMPUDENCE.
SCENE IN A-PRINTINO OFFICE.
Enter Stranger.
Stranger.-"Good morning gentlemen."
Editor.-"oGood morning sir: sit down."
Str.-"I wvant to get one of your mor
ning papers."
Edr.-".Certinly sir," handing him a
paper.
Str.-"Thre is nothing in the paper I,
believe, of much import ance this morning?
Edr.-"No, sir, nothing very important.
There is, however, an interestitng letter
from Florida, and a letter of a late date
from Washingtfln."
Str.--"I am poing to send this paper
600 miles off, andrgerhaps it may be the
means of proctiring you a subscriber."
Edr.-"Yes, sir -perhaps it may." a
Str.-"Good mornintg, gentlemen,"
bowing himself out of the office, and for
getting to pay for the paper.I
Edr.-"Good taprnimg. sir."
A frer a short absence, the stranger re
turns with the paper in his hand, and re- i
quests the clerk to put it in a wrapper for
him.
The above scene, says the Savannah
Republican, actually took place in our of
Bee yesterday morning, and we publish it,
simply that our readers may see the value i
placed upon the labor and expenses ofpub- <
lishing a newspaper. What would a gro- I
er think of a stranger's coming into his i
store, and after ordering a pound of -sugar I
or cofee, bow himself out without offering i
lo pay for it? Or, a hardware dealer, of 4
a customer's purchasing a handsaw in the
same way? And yet, do not publishersof
newspapers have to labor and invest capi -
al as well as the former? Why- then
should nn individual think it right to avail t
himself of the labor of one, more than the i
:ther, without remuneration.
Popular Hatred.-Let no man slight
the scorn and hate of the people. When r
,t is unjust, it is a wolf; but when it just, 1
i. dragon. Though the tyrant, seated t
ligh, does think he may contems their
lialice, yet he ought to remember that a
:hey have m-ny hands, while he hath one
ieck only. If he, being single, be dan. v
;erous to many, those many will to him I
dlone lie dangerous in their hate. The a
iands of Africa, though they be but barren a
lust and lightness, yet angered by the g
Vnodq, they bury both the horse and the il
raveller alive. Against the hatred of a v
nultitude, there is no fence but what must v
ome by miracle; nor wealth, nor wit, nor v
>ands of armed men can keep them safe I
hat have made themselves the hate of an
tnraged mulsdtude. It is a thunder. light- e
iing, and hail storm together.-Feltham. ri
Murdorer Arrested.-We learn from the a
C 4). Bulletin thut Solomon White has b
seen arrested and committed to jail in t<
inschez, on a charge of having murdered tI
i man in Autauga counny, Alabama. It
i stated that he confessed the crime, and o1
etters found on his person seemed to con- a
irm tht' fact. Two howie knives were r
3und about him, one of them, that with o1
hich he said he committed the act, six- p
Den inches long in the blade. te
The Multicaulis fever which prevailed ir
D extensively a few years ago having sub- g
ided entirely, it is worth while to look in- ti
a the matter coolly, and to examine ,
vheiher the business might not prove real- a
V advantageous to some portions of the r
uhure seems to be carefully examined. It
vill be found in anosher column of this
inper. In addition to the facts, and rea- 2.
ons there given, we have the opini.ns or
ome very judicious persons of our ac
luaintance, who have made experiments ti
n a small way, who think the labour ne r;
essary to be applied to the business, will e
se very adequately repaid by the proceeds. a
)ur own section ofcountry, is nut adapt- h
,d to the raising of cotton to very great
idvantage, as no doubt many of our farm- il
ng Iriends who have been trying it for il
rears will agree. If then another article ti
:an be added to our productions for mar- r
cet, which requires neisher robust labor, p
ior very fertile soil, it is of great imipor- a
ance that it should be done. It is an ex- a
ieriment. and so was the culture of cotton
oriy or fifty years ago, which has become
lie source of all the wealth of the South. il
Vei it would lie pru-lent, (as with all ex- e
)criments,) to test it with as litle expense a
is possible, and therefore it will not be ad- v
'isable for any individual to ermbark in it e
o extensively aq to injure himself serious- fC
y if it should fail. But if our farmers v
vould try it, each in a smnall way at first, h
nuch good might result. The trees can
sow lhe procured for a very trifle, and
heir great capacity for reprodutction, would I
~ive a person in t wo years, froms a very few a
rees, as many as he would want. Next a
nionsh will be she proper seaeons for planit- d
og.-Pendleton Messenger, Feb. 19. b
Preparations for the next Crop.-We fi
tvcre gratified to see, otn our recenst visit to a
he eastern part of the State, that the r
Planiters were bestowing greaser pains in t
he manuring of their lands for the next
:rnp, than we have ever seens in that sec
'ion of country before this. In some pla- t
'es where the farmers have not been ahle y
to procure a sufficient qgnantity of manure
rom their' barn yards. they are hauling in. a
;traw and leasves from thse woods, and i
senntering them in their simple state on fi
heir fields. H~eretofore, wvhat little sys.-t
tem of manurinig there has beets, has been e
ronfined mostly to the upland Planters, buta
some of the river Planuterb are now carry- C
inig Otn an extensive plan of mianuring, not
wvith the trodden leaves and straw from
heir barn yards, but also by hauling on-r
their fields the rich, alluvial deposit left by Cl
the freshets on their low grounds that are
uot cultivated. C
We had she pleasure ofspending a night 1
with Col. Taylor. who plants on the Wa
tcree: he is pursuing thesystem of manur-C
inig more extensively than any Planter of
ossr acquaintance, and with eminent suc
eess, so far as he has had opportunity for
judging. from the time he has been doing
so. He will probably haulI this season, 5
from his barn yard alone, between three
and four thousand loads of manure, be
rsides straw in its natural state, and the do- I
posit from some of his low grounds.
Let this stystem be vigorously and un
afringly r.1rsued by all our Planters forten
em ndwe shall see the now worn I
lands of Carolina. presenting that sich 5
verdure, which in its early settlement at- I
tracted the emigrants from the old world. 5
anid induced them to flock to a then wild
ind uncivlized country. Let Planters,
vbo are disposed to leave their native State
br the fertile lands of the West, but be
itow the same labour and expense in re
-laiming their worn lands, which they
vould be compelled to bestow in clearing
ind preparing the heavy timbered -lands
of the West, and then add to this the ex.
>ense of removal, and the sacrifice of ma
iy articles of property. incident to it; let
hem do this, and they will find themselves
ettled on as productive Plantations in
ofiroline, as they would find elsewhere.
Pemperance Advocate.
MANY CROP EXPERIMENTS.
I have before made known in the col
imas of the Cultivator, my entire success
a a double crop as to Irish potatoes and
umpkins; or that by planting pumpkins
mong potatoes after the vines of the latter
tere of some size, a fine crop of the for
ier overspread the ground, rather to the
ealthful shading than to the detriment of
de potatoes matured underneath.
Oflate years I have sowed buckwheat
ad rve at the same time and on the same
round ; and success attended. The buck
,heat was cut in the fall, and rye the fol
>wing harvest. Again, in our hot climate,
nd on our light sandy soil, I have hit upon
plan that renders red clover ofas certain
rowth and success as in the northern states
'not more so. Itis by covering the ground
ith pine leaves after the wheat and clo
er are sowed; or cover the wheat in the
-inter and sow the clover in the spring.
,astiSeptember a year,Il sowed a piece of
round with wheat, and clover on the fresh
rth Immediately after the wheat was bar
>wed in,'and soon after put over most of
e surface with pine leaves. The wheat
,d clover were both essentially benefitted
V the covering, and a remarkable contrast
that left uncovered to test the utility of
e plan.
The fifth of August last, I resolved up
1 a fourfold operation on a peice of ground.
d after sowing thereon buckwheat and
,e. and then clover, I covered most
'it witi pine leaves, straw, and green
ine b)oughs, or with difi'rent bushes, coa
d over about an inch thick. The result
rumises to be very satisfactory. And a
ost decided difference in favor of the
round thus covered. I had the curiosity,
e 5th of October, to measure the buck
heat from a corner of the piece, less than
quarter ofan aere, and the produce was
e aON 7 ors
SIDNEY WELLER.
Brickleyrille, Halifax co. N. C., Norr.
1, 1840.
Agriculture is an Art.-Man is the ar
st, the soil his laboratory; manure his
iw material; animal strength and machin
ry his power; air, heat and tmoisture, his
gents; and grain, roots, fruits and forage,
is product.
Agricultureis a Science.-Which teaches
e artist the best mode of fitting up and
nproving his laboratory; instructs him in
e proprieties and economical use of his
iw material; learns hint how best to ap.
ly his power. and to profit by his agents;
nd it thereby enables him greatly to
bridge his labor and multiply his products.
The art teaches the hands to do: the
:ience what to do, and how to do. Art is
ie sail which propels ihe ship; science the
ampass which directs her course. With
ut the sail, the ship would not "go ahead."
,ithout the compass, her course will be
rratic, and the profits ofmhe voyage doubt
dl. With sai; and compase, her progress
ill be "onward," her course direct, and:
er voyage prosperous.
Sown Corn Fodder.--Mr. Benjamin
itton of Davidson informs us, that front
bout three acres of land, he cut the past
ttumn, t wenty bay loads of first rate fo~d
er. Thme corn was sown as itn the case
eforo recorded of Simon Bradford's crop.
bout the middle of summer and cut the
rst of October. Mr. Litton dried itahor
ughly before hauling it tup, and made one
itake, in st acking it out instead of put
ng it under a shelter. As it cannot be
acked very closely, it is easily injured by
10 rains. A hay load is calculatedat one
mn. and from that it is very clear the land
ilded over six tons to the acre. Wo
nowv of no crop that will give more for
go. The cattle are remarkably fond of
, and Mr. L.'s out stock have no other
aod and keep in good condition. From
ie experiments we have given, we feel
ntirely safe in recommending sown corn
u an excellent plani of procuring supplies
f cattle food in winter.-Cultiuator.
Lettuc.-T his plant requires a rich,
mellow soil. A bed four by tetn feet, re
ires one-fourth of an ounce of seed.
lo in any or every month, from the
pening of spring till August. It may
'e sown broadcast, or in drills, with the
ows from twelve to fifteen inches distant.
r it may be sown with tiny young peren
iale, that stand far enough apartb
Pompoiy.-A facetious gentleman tra
relling in the interior of the State on ar
iving at his lodging place in the evening,
as met by the ostler, whom he thus ad
ressed, "Boy, extricate that quadruped
rorm the vehicle, stabulate him; denote
im an adequate supply of nutritious ali
nent ; and wvhen the Aurora of the morn
hall again illutmine the oriental horizon.,
will award you a pecuniary comnpensa
ion for your amicable hospitality." The
oy not understanding a word, ran into
he house saying 'Mausser; here's a D~utch
nan wants to see Vu